Count
Returns the number of valid, non-blank values in a field.
Format
Count ( field {; field...} )
Parameters
field
- any related field, repeating field, or set of non-repeating fields; or an expression that returns a field, repeating field, or set of non-repeating fields.
Parameters in braces { } are optional.
Data type returned
number
Originated in version
6.0 or earlier
Description
Field
can be any of the following:
- a repeating field
(repeatingField)
. - a field in matching related records specified by
(table::field)
, whether or not these records appear in a portal. - several non-repeating fields in a record
(field1;field2;field3...)
. - corresponding repetitions of repeating fields in a record
(repeatingField1;repeatingField2;repeatingField3)
, if the result is returned in a repeating field with at least the same number of repeats. - several fields in the first matching record specified by
(table::field1;table::field2;...)
. You can include fields from different tables(table 1::field A;table 2::field B...)
.
Notes
- When a referenced field is a repeating field, the Count function returns the total number of valid, non-blank values in the first repetition field, then the number of valid, non-blank values in the second repetition field, and so on.
Example 1
The Accounts layout has a portal showing installment payments made.
Count(Payments::Payment)
returns the number of payments made on an account.
Example 2
In the following examples:
- Field1 contains two repetitions with values of 1 and 2.
- Field2 contains four repetitions with values of 5, 6, 7, and 8.
- Field3 contains 6.
Count(Field2)
returns 4 when the calculation isn’t a repeating field.
Count(Field1;Field2;Field3)
returns 3, 2, 1, 1 when the calculation is a repeating field.